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US 2009/0151224 A1Published application
Rodent Trap Having A Pivoting Platform
AssigneeSMG Brands, Inc.
InventorsPhilip Nathan, Matthew L. Phillips, Lynn Briggs, Thomas Paul Danniger, Richard Gene Foster
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Abstract
A trap having a housing and an entrance, a trigger plate pivotally coupled to the housing, and when triggered by an animal, the trigger plate pivots towards the housing to thereby trap the animal against the housing. The trap may further include a biasing element to bias the trigger plate towards the housing. The trap may further include blunt fingers extending from the back wall. When the trap is triggered, an animal may be trapped between the trigger plate and the blunt fingers.
Claims22
A trap comprising:
- a housing having at least one entrance formed therein to allow a rodent to pass into the housing, the housing further comprising a notch;
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- a trigger plate pivotally coupled to the housing and comprising a setting tab which engages the notch to set the trigger plate in a set position,
- wherein the trigger plate, when triggered by a rodent, pivots towards the housing, thereby trapping the rodent against the housing.
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A trap comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of walls and at least one entrance providing a passageway into the housing;
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- a trigger plate pivotally coupled to the housing, the trigger plate having a latched position in which the platform is adjacent to the entrance and a triggered position in which the platform is biased towards a wall.
A trap comprising:
- a housing having a top, a bottom, a first side wall, a second side wall, a back wall, and an entrance providing a passageway into the housing;
- at least one numbing finger coupled to the housing with each numbing finger extending laterally towards the entrance;
- a platform plate pivotally coupled to the housing and positioned above the bottom of the housing in a set position;
- a trigger plate pivotally coupled to the platform plate and positioned above the platform plate and adjacent to the entrance in a set position;
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- a biasing element biasing the trigger plate and platform plate towards the back wall,
- wherein when triggered by a rodent, the trigger plate and platform plate pivot from the set position towards the rear wall due to the biasing element, and thereby trapping the rodent between the trigger plate and at least one numbing finger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.